TERM 3
WEEK 3
27th JULY
2016
Dear Parents,
Recently I had a first-hand experience of the dangers of the internet for children. The
scary part of this incident was how innocently it commenced and how quickly it escalated
and the threat appeared.
My son Jack had heard from a few of his friends at school about a free game that he could
download on his iPad called Tank Io. We looked it up together and it appeared more than
ok for a child of eight years old. Essentially it was shapes that were meant to be the
tanks undertaking a challenging course and trying to avoid each other.
I was sitting next to Jack when he as playing and keeping an eye on what he was up to.
After about two minutes of the game other names started appearing on the side of the
screen and it was obvious now that this game was linked on the net and he was playing
against people from all over the world. Within seconds he said to me; “Hey Dad, what
does stark naked mean?”
Straight away alarm bells rang and further investigation uncovered that ‘Stark Naked’ had
his own world in the game and he was inviting Jack to join. Immediately we shut the
game down and deleted the app.
Even with all of the Cybersafety, internet awareness, student safety etc. training that I
have done over the years this episode still stunned me. How quickly what appeared to be
a safe child’s game changed into a volatile area was unnerving. Upon reflection it stands
to reason that people with these disgusting ulterior motives would spend their time within
these children’s games as that is their preying ground.
I urge you to always be aware of your child’s internet use and talk to them about the
dangers that are out there within the cyber world. It was an opportunity for us to use this
concrete example to reinforce with Jack why we are so vigilant with his internet use. The
sad side effect is that Jack lost some of his innocence, however, he has a better
understanding now of the some of the dangers that unfortunately can lurk in our world
and how quickly they can appear. The Government provides great resources to help
parents within this area, it is as easy as Googling ‘parent cybersafety tips’. I encourage
you to take a look and inform yourselves.
A big thanks to Liz Jones, Kathryn Pepper and the whole staff for the wonderful job they
did leading the school in my absence over the first two weeks of the term. It was
reassuring to know that the school was in such capable hands whilst I was away. The
staff have informed me that it has been a great start and we are all very excited about the
prospect of moving into the first of our new learning spaces in a few weeks time.
Have you got any questions about the school? Would you like some more information
about the building program and other happenings at Trinity? Liz Jones and I invite you to
come along and share a coffee with us and have a chat on Thursday the 4th of August, at
8.45am in the new Library.
Regards,
Simon Dell’Oro
Principal
FRIDAY
29th JULY
NO MASS
SORRY
SERVICE
Grade 2MF
ASSEMBLY
2.30
Year 1
FRIDAY
5th AUGUST
LITURGY 9am
Foundation
( in Joyce
Building)
SORRY
SERVICE
Grades 1B and
3S
ASSEMBLY
2.30
Year 2
TRINITY CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL
NEWSLETTER
PRINCIPAL — Mr Simon Dell’Oro
103-129 Oakgrove Drive, Narre Warren South 3805
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.trinitynarre.catholic.edu.au
Phone: 03 9704 1970 Fax: 03 9704 1780
SCHOOL CLOSURE DAY Please note the following School Closure & Student Free Day
MONDAY 15th AUGUST 2016
2016 SCHOOL FEES
TERM 3 STATEMENTS HAVE BEEN SENT OUT
Dear Parents
Fees for Term 3 will be $425.00, to be paid by the 15th August 2016. If you have not received your
Statement please contact the Office.
Payments can be made by Cash, BPay, Cheque and EFTPOS. Payments can be made in instalments. Direct
Debit is available and forms are available from the office.
School Fees for 2016
Annual fees are $1750 (this includes the $200 Capital Levy and the $50 ICT Levy). This is per family.
Term fees will be: Term 1 $475 (includes the ICT Levy)
Term 2, 3 and 4: $425
SAVE THIS DATE IN YOUR DIARY!!!!
DISTRICT ATHLETICS
THURSDAY, AUGUST 11TH 2016
YEAR 4 – 6
A team of fifty students from Year 4, 5 and 6 will participate in the Narre Warren District Athletics at Casey
Fields Regional Athletics Centre, Cranbourne East. Several schools from the local area will compete in track
and field events. If successful some students will go on to compete at regional level.
Students who qualify to represent Trinity will be notified this week. Please keep this date free in your
diary as we would appreciate parent support on the day.
Catrina Charman
Physical Education Teacher
SENIOR INTERSCHOOL SPORT
FRIDAY 29th JULY 2016
Trinity will be playing against St. Catherines at Berwick South (Melway Ref: 131 B6) with games
commencing at 1pm.
Please note: As Trinity’s oval is now complete all home games are now played at Trinity.
If you are able to help in any way with coaching, umpiring or scoring, when Trinity is
playing a home game, please contact the office or your child’s teacher.
Please note that you must have a current Working With Children card.
CHOICE THEORY
Meeting the needs of our students in the classroom
Children are the same as adults. If their basic needs are not met, they will not be
motivated to learn. Who cares about verbs when you are hungry? Who wants to do math games when you are lonely or scared? And how can you be expected to take ownership of
your learning if you are never allowed to make a decision?
William Glasser states that everything we do is an attempt to fulfill one or more of our basic needs.
At school, students feel pleasure and experience success when their basic needs are met and frustration
when they are not. At least half of today’s students do not commit themselves to learning if they find their
school experience boring, frustrating, or otherwise dissatisfying. This is often when misbehaviour occurs and
why it is essential for teachers to make school adequately interesting and satisfying to their students’ needs.
Teachers however cannot “make” students do anything; they can only influence them to do things that will
lead to better behaviour and increased success.
Glasser believes that motivation is the key ingredient in learning and that quality learning will be evident
when students become able to demonstrate/ explain how, why, and where their learnings are valuable.
One way teachers can ensure that quality learning is present is by ensuring that the 5 Basic Needs are met.
Survival needs are met when the school environment is kept safe and free from personal threat.
Students sense belonging when they receive attention from the teacher and others and participate
actively in class.
Students sense power when the teacher asks them to participate in making decisions about topics to
be explored and procedure for working in class or assigns them responsibility for class duties.
Students experience fun when they are able to work and talk with others, engage in interesting
activities and share their accomplishments.
Students sense freedom when the teacher allows them to make responsible choices concerning what
they will learn, how they will do so, and how they will demonstrate their accomplishments.
The staff at Trinity are committed to nurturing and educating 100% of the students 100% of the time. Their
collaborative planning ensures that the needs of all students are met in a warm and safe environment and
opportunities are provided for each student to take ownership of their learning. The students experience and
celebrate success at their own level and are encouraged to become life- long learners. This is what
education is ultimately all about.
Kathryn Pepper – REL/ Student Support
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS Class Masses this term will be replaced with liturgies while Fr James is on leave.
We warmly invite all families to attend the liturgies which will be held at 9am each
Friday. Please refer to the front page of the newsletter for more details.
Fr John Readman’s 60th Anniversary of Ordination On Friday 22nd July the Social Justice Leaders (Dylan, Shanaya and Aimee) had the privilege of representing
Trinity at a special celebration for Fr John Readman at Our Lady Help of Christians Parish. Fr Readman was
the founding Parish Priest here in Narre Warren in 1979 and our School Hall is named in his honour. The
celebration acknowledged his amazing achievement of 60 years as a priest. Mass was co celebrated by Fr
Readman, Fr Brendan, Fr James and Deacon Peter. It was a lovely celebration and a memorable occasion for
all.
Kathryn Pepper - REL / Student Support
SACRAMENTAL PROGRAM – TERM 3 FIRST COMMUNION CELEBRATIONS Sat 27th Aug @ 6pm and Sun 28th Aug @ 11am
CONFIRMATION PARENT ONLY ENROLMENT NIGHT TOMORROW NIGHT Thurs
28th July at the Church @ 7:15 for a 7:30pm start. On the night there will be a $50 sacrament fee
that will need to be paid.
CONFIRMATION STUDENT REFLECTION DAY Wed 10th August @St Francis Xavier Beaconsfield
CONFIRMATION WORKSHOPS Mon 15th to Thurs 18th August @ 5 pm or 7pm
CONFIRMATION CELEBRATIONS Fri 2nd @7:30, Sat 3rd @ 10am and 2pm, Sun 4th
Sept@ 3pm
More information will be provided about these days at the enrolment night.
Items in bold type will be
school closure days or
extremely important dates.
SCHOOL CALENDAR blue will indicate new
items added to the
Calendar that week.
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
1 2
7.30pm
Confirmation
Enrolment
3 4 5
Year 6 Interschool Sport
6 7
8
7pm P&F
Meeting
9 10 11
District
Athletics Years
4—6
12
Year 6 Interschool
Sport
13 14
15 SCHOOL
CLOSURE DAY 5pm OR 7pm
Confirmation
Workshop
16
Prep Excursion
Traffic School
5pm OR 7pm
Confirmation
17
Prep Excursion
Traffic School
5pm OR 7pm
Confirmation
18
5pm OR 7pm
Confirmation
Workshop
19
Year 6 Interschool
Sport
20 21
22
7pm Carnival
Meeting
23 24 25
7pm Board
Meeting
26 Year 6 Interschool Sport
27
6pm First
Eucharist
Celebration
28
11am First
Eucharist
Celebration
29 30
Father’s Day
Stall
31
AUGUST 2016
SEPTEMBER 2016
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
1 2
7.30pm
Confirmation
Mass
3
10am & 2pm
Confirmation
Mass
4
3pm
Confirmation
Mass
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
25
Prep Incursion
“Seaweed
Sally”
26 27 28 7.15pm
Confirmation
Enrolment &
Parent Only
Workshop at
OLHC
29 Year 6 Interschool Sport
30
6pm
Confirmation
Enrolment
Mass
31 9.15am,
11am &
6pm
Confirmation
Enrolment
Mass
JULY 2016
ABSENCE FROM SCHOOL
In the case of illness a phone call in the morning on the day they are
absent.
If you are going on holidays or your child will be away for an extended
period you must advise in writing BEFORE you leave.
Thank you.
All parents/Guardians wishing to help in the classroom,
canteen or attend excursions MUST have completed the
PARENT HELPER WORKSHOP and hold a current WORKING
WITH CHILDREN CARD.
Further details are available from the school office. All parent/guardian
helpers must sign in at the office before proceeding to the classrooms.
Your current Working with Children card must be displayed at all times
when working in the classrooms and attending excursions.
A reminder to all Parents/Carers, supervision by School Staff
begins at 8.30am before school and after school only at the drop
off area until 3.30pm.
Please observe and supervise your children, as they play on the
equipment.
Thank you for your co-operation
TRINITY CAR PARK ETIQUETTE For greater safety and visibility, we are requesting that all
drivers reverse park into the marked bays.
Thank you all who use the pedestrian crossing area. You are
demonstrating to your children correct road safety practices. Once children cross the pedestrian crossing into the parking
area, they, for their safety, need to be placed into vehicles
promptly. The car park is NOT a meeting area.
The lane around the edge of the car park (closest to the oval)
are for vehicles waiting to pick children up from the Pick-up
Zone ONLY.
The two parking bays closest to the office path are the PICK-
UP ZONES. These are NO STANDING zones. If your children are not ready to get into your car as you pull up to
the pick-up zone, you must continue on and rejoin the end of
the pick-up queue.
There is NO RIGHT TURN when exiting the car park. All
vehicles must turn left for the safety of others and to maintain
traffic flow.
THE GATES CLOSE AT 9.00am AND RE-OPEN AT 3.00pm.
Occasionally they might re-open slightly later due to school
activities.
Thank you for your patience and consideration of others.
SCHOOL BOARD
[email protected]. edu.au
Ex-officio:
Fr. Brendan Hogan
Principal
Simon Dell’Oro
School Representative:
Maria Scarton
Georgegina Nettleingham
Parish Representative:
Denise Ryan
Pastoral Coordinator:
Sister Joy
Chairperson: Scott McLardie
Secretary: Lisa Ferracane
P & F Rep: Lisa Ferracane
Parent Representatives:
Tania Johnson
Michael Locandro
Claudia Sajeba
OUR LADY HELP OF
CHRISTIANS PARISH
496 Princes Hwy
Narre Warren 3805.
Phone-9704 7935
Fax – 9704 7023
Parish Priest
Fr. Brendan Hogan
Assistant Priest
Fr. James Fernandez
Permanent Deacon
Rev Peter Stringfellow
Pastoral Associates
Conny James
Sacrament Co-ordinator
Emily D’Sylva
Mass Times
Saturday- 6.00pm
Sunday– 8.00am, 9.15am
11.00am & 6.00pm
PARISH OFFICE HOURS
Monday 12noon – 3.30pm
Tues-Friday 9.00 - 3.30pm
Happy Birthday to the following children who will celebrate their birthdays next week.
1st AUGUST Amelia
3rd AUGUST Jordan and Emily
4th AUGUST Elora
6th AUGUST Olivia
7th AUGUST Romeo, Tyler and Hailey
CANTEEN ROSTER TUESDAY — PREP and JUNIOR
THURSDAY — MIDDLE and SENIOR
+ 8.45—10.30approx # 11.45—1.30approx
THURSDAY 28th JULY TUESDAY 2nd AUGUST THURSDAY 4th AUGUST
+ Jo Knezevic + Walter Burston + Mareesa Smith
# Daniela Cini # Anastasia Barker # Leonie Kelly
TUESDAY 9th AUGUST THURSDAY 11th AUGUST TUESDAY 16th AUGUST
+ Stacey Gordon + Andrea MacIntosh + Rebecca Lee
# Linda Vozzo # Kerryn Cerchiaro # Adele Pettenuzzo
PARISH PRIEST’S CORNER
One of the great privileges of belonging to a parish community is the many and varied
celebrations that take place in the life of the parish. On Friday many in our community gathered to
praise God for the gift of Fr John Readman’s 60 years of priesthood. It was wonderful to see our
parish come together, children from our three primary schools, founding parishioners who started
the parish on February 16th 1981 and many parishioners who have joined us in the years since
February 1981.
Fr John remarked about how the many willing workers made life so vibrant in the early days of
OLHC parish. Thirty Five years has not dulled our spirit to give without counting the cost. On
Wednesday evening our master plan committee met with Law Architects. Our plans are coming to
completion and town planning signing off within the next week. It is an exciting time and one that
we praise God for that we are able to make these significant changes to our buildings.
In our Gospel this weekend Jesus urges his disciple to pray and to be persistent in prayer. We children of God often pray and wonder why our prayers are not answered perhaps our prayer needs to be for growth in trust of the slow work of God who is bringing about the kingdom through
our love of parish. Fr Brendan
OUR LADY HELP OF CHRISTIANS PARISH
Diocese of Sale
Ph: (03) 9704 7935 Fax: (03) 9704 7023
Email: [email protected]
OLHC KIDS SPACE
Each number represents a letter of the alphabet. Substitute the correct letter for the numbers to reveal the coded
words.
PASTORAL CARE NEWSLETTER 27th JULY 2016
WE PRAY FOR: Miss Donna Johnson and the others attending World Youth Day;
those Mothers expecting babies; those parents undergoing treatment for Cancer; those awaiting the results of tests; for the needs of all our Families, for those who
have died in France and Turkey recently and for the builders working on the renovations to our school.
WINTER CRAFT STALL is located in the foyer of Reception. Scarves, hats, umbrella covers, wheat bags, children’s slippers (non- slip soles/washable),
adult slippers (washable), hot water bottle covers. Proceeds towards the Carnival Craft Stall.
BRIGIDINE ASYLUM SEEKERS PROJECT (BASP): is in urgent need of Tea, coffee, sugar, flour, tins of fruit, long life milk, disposable nappies, baby wipes
and toiletries for the people to whom they minister. If you can help in this way
please send them along to me and I will see they get to Port Melbourne as soon as possible. Thank You.
SCHOOL COOK BOOKS: ”A TASTE OF TRINITY” are available for $5.00 from the Office or from Sister Joy.
A PRAYER FOR WORLD PEACE
Lord, we pray for the power to be gentle; the strength to be forgiving; the patience to be understanding; and the endurance to accept the consequences of holding on to what we
believe to be right.
May we put our trust in the power of good to overcome evil and the power of love to
overcome hatred.
We pray for the vision to see and the faith to believe in a world emancipated from violence, a new world where fear shall no longer lead people to commit injustice, nor
selfishness make them bring suffering to others.
Help us to devote our life, thought and energy to the task of making peace, praying always for the inspiration and the power to fulfil the destiny for which we were all created.
Amen
Hello everyone,
Father’s Day Stall: this will be our first fundraiser for this term and forms regarding this event will be coming home in the coming weeks. It is to be held
on Tuesday 30th August and we will be asking for extra helpers on the day
also in the lead up to the event.
Father’s Day Raffle: this raffle will be drawn at assembly on Friday 2nd
September. Forms and tickets for the raffle will be sent home in the coming weeks. We will also be very grateful for any new items that you are able to
donate to the raffle. Please leave them at the office.
DATES FOR THE DIARY
The fundraisers we have planned for the second half of the year are:
Term 3: Term 4:
- Father’s Day Stall: Tuesday 30th August - Student Disco Friday 14th Oct
- Father’s Day Raffle: Friday 2nd Sept (assembly) - Christmas Raffle
- Bunnings BBQ Saturday 1st October
Next P&F Meeting: Monday 8th August 2016 at 7pm in the Staffroom.
From your P&F Committee
Next P & F Meeting: Monday 8th
August 7pm in the Staffroom
30th August—Father’s Day Stall
2nd Sept — Father’s Day Raffle drawn
TRINITY PARENTS & FRIENDS
NEWSLETTER
Committee Members General Naomi Sanchez
President Kerryn Cerchiaro Anna Mangano
Vice President Chantal Fischer Carolyn Burge
Secretary Lisa Ferracane Natasha Ferreras
Asst Secretary Claudia Sajeba Melissa Yong
Treasurer Michelle Hofman Jessica McLardie
Asst Treasurer Marlene Johnson
Board Rep Lisa Ferracane Anastasia Barker
General Joanne Knezevic Sr Joy
Tania Johnson Nadia Abdel-Hamid
NO FURTHER DISCOUNTS APPLY. NO LAYBY. SALE EXCLUDES SALE ITEMS
NO EXCHANGE OR REFUND WILL BE GIVEN IF YOU SIMPLY CHANGE YOUR MIND.
23rd OCTOBER 2016 THE DATE IS FAST APPROACHING!
JUST OVER
12 WEEKS
TO GO!
CARNIVAL RAFFLE tickets Raffle books were sent home this week. The family who sells the most tickets will be
rewarded with free ride wristbands for each child in the family.
Additional raffle books are available from the Office.